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June standouts include Pettigrew, Davis, Benet, Loyola and Miller.
Edge rusher Blade to Michigan, running back Warner to Missouri.
It’s the highest a local player has been picked since Young’s Jahlil Okafor was drafted third by the 76ers in 2015.
Davis just keeps getting better and better. He’s a different player than even the one most fans recently saw in Champaign just three months ago.
The Illini now have commitments from seven of the state’s top 25 players in the 247Sports composite rankings.
The state of Illinois will provide opportunities for players, starting June 20-22 with events at Riverside-Brookfield and DeKalb. That will be followed by two more events the weekend of June 27-29 with Romeoville and Rockford as the hosts.
Libertyville beat McHenry 4-1 to win the school’s first baseball state championship.
It’s the first state title for St. Laurence. Junior Daniel Coyle drove in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning and closed out the 8-5 victory with three innings of relief pitching.
Shannon locked down Brother Rice’s powerful offense for McHenry, and Lockwood threw eight innings to beat Normal.
Rooney’s clutch hitting led Benet past Cary-Grove in the Class 3A semifinals, and Benson, a 6-8 lefty pitcher for St. Laurence, kept Triad off-balance.
All the scores from the Class 3A and 4A baseball games this weekend in Joliet.
